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Zachery Halford

Professor of Pharmacy Practice

About

Zachery Halford, Pharm.D., BCOP, BCPPS, received his Pharm.D. degree from the University of Utah in 2008, and completed an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. Following post-doctoral residency, he returned to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT, as a clinical pharmacist in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and then as the Team Leader and Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in the Immunocompromised Care Unit. Dr. Halford also served as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Roseman University of Health Sciences. Dr. Halford joined Â鶹ÊÓƵ University College of Pharmacy in 2016 as an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice. He maintains a practice site at the Kirkland Cancer Center as a clinical pharmacist specializing in oncologic and hematologic diseases. Dr. Halford is a member of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and the Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA). He also serves as the faculty advisor for Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s student PPA organization. His interests include hematology, oncology, and pediatric pharmacotherapy.

Education

  • Pharm.D., University of Utah

Scholarship

Books

  • Nova Science Publishers

  • Nova Science Publishers

Articles

  • Pharmacy Times

  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Nephritis: A Case of Nivolumab-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in a Patient with Urothelial Carcinoma (2024)

    Pharmacy Times

  • Journal of Hematology Oncology Pharmacy

  • The design, implementation and evaluation of hybrid cancer clinic simulations: Escaping the norm (2021)

    Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice

  • A Review of Selumetinib in the Treatment of Neurofibromatosis Type 1-Related Plexiform Neurofibromas (2021)

    Ann Pharmacother

  • Brexucabtagene Autoleucel: A Novel Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy for the Treatment of Mantle Cell Lymphoma (2021)

    Ann Pharmacother

  • Evaluation of an Antibiotic Initiation Tool in the End-of-Life Care (2021)

    The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Oncology boot camp: A preparatory curriculum for advanced pharmacy practice experience students (2021)

    J Oncol Pharm Pract.

  • Annals of Pharmacotherapy

  • Annals of Pharmacotherapy

  • Annals of Pharmacotherapy

  • Tisagenlecleucel in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Review of the Literature and Practical Considerations (2020)

    Annals of Pharmacotherapy

  • Annals of Pharmacotherapy

  • Hypersensitivity rates in pediatric patients receiving intravenous or intramuscular asparaginase agents. (2020)

    Journal of Hematology/Oncology Pharmacist (official journal of HOPA)

  • Stability of Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride, Lorazepam, and Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate in 0.9% Sodium Chloride Stored in Polypropylene Syringes (2015)

    Int J Pharm Compd

  • Cancer Chemotherapy Update – Docetaxel and Prednisone (DP) for Advanced Prostate Cancer (2010)

    Hosp Pharmacy

Presentations

  • The Valuation and Impact of Residency Training on the Pharmacy Career Continuum (2016)

    American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Convention

  • Development of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model of tacrolimus in adult organ transplant patients. (2016)

    American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Annual Meeting

  • Prevalence of Adverse Effects Among Children Receiving Peg-Asparaginase or Erwinia Asparaginase Based on Intravenous versus Intramuscular Routes of Administration (2016)

    Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group’s (PPAG) Annual Convention

  • Are precepting pharmacists happy pharmacists? (2015)

    American Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Meeting

  • Pharmacist Job Satisfaction: Do Pharmacists Really Live Happily Ever After? (2015)

    Utah Health-System Pharmacists Annual Meeting

  • Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Response in Children with Severe Immune Thrombocytopenia Undergoing Treatment with Intravenous Immune Globulin (2015)

    Online in Blood Journal and presented at the American Health-System Pharmacist Midyear meeting

  • Retrospective analysis of intravenous versus oral antivirals for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (2013)

    American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacist, Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group, and Western States

  • Adherence to Asthma Therapy among U.S. Military Personnel: Evaluating Adherence with Respect to Military Rank (2009)

    Western States Conference for Residents, Fellows, Preceptors and Sponsors

  • Asthma Management: The Importance of Proper Medication Adherence (2009)

    Hawaii Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting